This was the definition in Webster’s up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster’s and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.
ADAM MCKAYHardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying ’24-hour news’ almost has satire laced in it.
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The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.
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We punch mirrors and we explore our darker selves. No, it’s just an amalgam of all newscasters that we grew up with. Sort of like before there was cable, when these people were like gods.
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Everyone is sort of in their own little area counting lines and no one talks when film’s not rolling. There’s constantly actors coming to me back behind the monitor screaming at me, “Why did my line count drop?” It’s a nasty tense environment.
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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it’s there and to push it just a little bit faster.
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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He’s not only a great director, but he’s also a great writer.
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We’re always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.
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I’m not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
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In general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually provide much higher wages than American companies.
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I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don’t want handouts and don’t much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.
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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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Hollywood is for-profit, is what Hollywood is. All the studios are owned by big, megacorporations that are the furthest thing from liberal you can possibly imagine.
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